Hose clamp



Jan. 16, 1923.

l. G. YODERS ET AL.

HOSE CLAMP.

FILED MAR. 9. 1922.

Patented Jan. 16, 1923. g i ,p i

' -IRYIN.G..XQQERS ANnJA-Mns e. m y, or wasrirneroigr} glw n 'm H "e seel er were are am 222- t-m1- meme 7 Z1 QZZZM'OTI? it my area v p ptroducedinfanyo Be gt known that e,'"-Iny i G. Yopnns and 8 JltIE$ C IBX; citizens of the" United i we were ea' rei e' s b meantime re eshiiltenfe d 15 s eln risylvania, have "inyented certain" new and usefulImprovements H ose 5 Clamps, of-which the' Qllmv h i p -spe i i wThisinvent ioii relates to hose clamps 'v ;nd it for obj'ectto prev d ea simple, inexpensiy'e and 'efiicient, clamp" wherebyrubberhos'emay bedrawninto and secured in closely e mbracing-fi'ielation pivotp nl3'andsa l -n to a nipple, coupling sl'e'eve',pip'e, or other located on'op posite sides of the lever: 15 tubular object introduced within anend of When the lever 2 occupies its outwardly it said hose. Y I swungposition, as shown in Fig; 1 the se -I A further ob ect is to provide adevice ments3 and 4: are thereby held-in relativ e 70 '01": thecharacter mentioned which may be ly separatedpositions in which theirgdjgi' readily slippedinto position upon thehose cent ends barely .meet,thus openin the and may thereafter be contracted, by hand clampingvring. to its full capacity. T8 coninto tight-gripping clamping relationto the tract said ring, jas upon a hose 14 received latter by a mereforward swinging movewithin its embrace, the lever 12 is swunv'to .75ment of a therein-embodied lever, which the'closed position shown in iFi2 in V will be securely maintained in said position which it, liesclosely. against the se merit 3. against chance dislodgment, and whichmay In moving to said. *gosition due to the i I be released, as forremoval, by'the mere act eccentric location of the pivo t-pin 13 with ofswinging: said lever in a reverse, or outrespect to that of the pin11,'"the adjac tsO ward, direction. I p I or lug carrying ends of thesegments'3. and

With these and other objects in jview, the 4, are carried past eachother thus producinvention resides in the features'of 'coning a materialcontraction of t he'rinn which I struction hereinafter described,reference results in the. embraced hose bein ti htly being had to theaccompanying drawings, compressed or clamped upon a fpip e or 85: inwhich v p other tubular member'of therequired's ie Flgurezl 1s a faceview of the clamp, received from'said hose; showing it open position andslipped Chance opening of the'clampin rin 'is CV81: a tubular iPrevented due to the fact that-in thecldsedi Figure 2 1s a similar viewshowing the position thereof'the eccentrically "disposed 90" clampclosed upon the hose; and j pivot-pin '13 is located in or slightlyinward I Figure 3 is an upper edge view of the of the line ofcompressing forcef that is.

clamp with its parts disposed in the posio-nor sligl tlypastgthedeadcenter of clos trons shown in Fig. 1. p mg movement. The outer end oftheilever Referring to the drawings, the clamp has aslight outwardcurvature providin 95- comprises a clamping ring'c'omposed of armeanswhereby it may P-be' convenientl; I cuately curved link-like members orseggrasped for effecting "outwaivl movement ments 1, 2, 3 and 4 stampedfrom sheet thereofwhen suchis fdesiredl metal. The meetingends ofsegments land What isclaime'd is Y I 2 are disposed in overlappingrelation'and 1.] A hose clampzcomprising" a ringcom- 100. are connectedby a plvot-pin 5, while their posed ofa plurality of ring segments saidopposite ends are pivotally connected to the segments being pivotallyconnected eiid to ad acent ends of the links 3 and 4:, 'respecend exceptat the meeting ends 'of two I it tively, by pins or bolts 6 and 7. ,As'herein thereof, and a leverhaving one of said". shown, the plvotalconnection 7 is in the meeting ends permanently pivoted to an end formof a'removable bolt which'may be'inthereof and having the othermeetingend I pivotally attached thereto on the opposite side thereof ata point located outward of the first-mentioned pivotal attachment, saidlever being adapted for movement to carry the thereto attached segmentends forward and back past each other for contracting and expanding'saidring.

2. A hose clamp comprising a ring composed of a plurality ofringsegments, said segments being pivotally connected end toend exceptat the meeting ends of two thereof, and a lever having one of saidmeeting ends permanently pivoted to an end thereof andhaving the othermeeting end pivotally attached thereto on the opposite side thereof at apoint located outward. of the firstmentioned pivotal attachment, saidlever be ing curved to substantially correspond to the general curvatureof the ring segments and being adapted for movement to and. fromclose-seating relation to the first mentioned of the thereto-attachedsegments in a position, lateral with respect to said segments,wherebythesaid meeting ends of the latter are carried forward and back pasteach other for effecting, respectively, con-t traction and expansion ofthe ring.

3. A hose clamp comprising a ring composed of a plurality of ringsegments, said segments being pivotally connected end to end except atthe meeting ends of two thereof, each of saidmeeting" ends vhaving anoutwardly directed lug, a lever having one of said lugspivotallyattached to an end thereof and having ally attached thereto onthe opposite side thereof and rearward- 9f the point of atlever beingadapted for from a seated position adjacent to a side tachmcnt of thefirst mentioned lug, said movementto and a I 140 of the segment whichcarries said-first-men the other lug pivottioned lug, wherebyfthe saidmeeting ends are carrieo-past-each; other vto and from ring-contractingposition. I K

In testimony whereof we afiix 01].I S1gnatures in, presence of avwitness.

IRVIN e. YODERS;

. JAMES: C. FILB'Y. 7

Witness; a V V M. T. MANIONQ i

